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- The triumph of Blazing Saddles got Steinberg a job as head of comedy development at Paramount Television, but he exited after a year to work with Brooks as a producer and script consultant on the 1975 ABC comedy When Things Were Rotten, a spoof of Robin Hood that starred Dick Gautier.
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Mar 22, 2023 · Norman Steinberg, the Emmy-winning screenwriter who teamed with Mel Brooks on Blazing Saddles and My Favorite Year and wrote for the Michael Keaton -starring Mr. Mom and Johnny Dangerously,...
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He wrote several projects with former dentist Alan Uger before the pair were hired by Mel Brooks as writers on his 1974 film Blazing Saddles. He co-scripted for the 1984 film Johnny Dangerously along with Harry Colomby, Jeff Harris and Bernie Kukoff. Steinberg died in Hudson Valley, New York, on March 15, 2023, at the age of 83.
Mar 22, 2023 · Norman Steinberg, who co-scripted Mel Brooks’ comedy classic Blazing Saddles with and won an Emmy for Flip Wilson’s 1970s variety show, has died. He was 83. His family said Steinberg died...
Mar 23, 2023 · Born in Brooklyn on June 6, 1939, Steinberg was working as a lawyer when he met Brooks in the 1960s at a Manhattan coffee shop, Deadline reported. Brooks convinced him to quit his day job,...
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Interviewer: So how long before you actually got to work with Mel? Norman Steinberg: Well, we did. I went out from there. I started my career started and I got very lucky.
Mar 22, 2023 · The series was canceled, but thanks to Brooks' backing and a vote of confidence in his script, Steinberg quit his hated job at a law firm and started his career as a comedy writer.
Mar 22, 2023 · Norman Steinberg, screenwriter of the classic Mel Brooks comedy “Blazing Saddles,” has died at the age of 83, his family said through a statement by the Writers Guild of America East.
